The American Academy of Pediatrics emphasizes that while some monitors track a baby's heart rate and oxygen levels, there is no evidence they prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.

Georgia said their journey started when they were told, soon after Hunter’s birth, that she had Alfi’s Syndrome. Mum and baby were transferred to the Royal Hospital for Women at Randwick.

For children under the age of one, however, sleep sometimes becomes permanent. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant without an explainable cause, usually ...